Camping Adventures

This past weekend we went on our 2nd camping adventure of the summer--this time with my sister Lani and bro-in-law Michael. We went to Twin Harbors Beach State Park which is in south west-ish WA. We were unfamiliar with the area but it turned out that a beautiful sandy beach was a 3 minute walk from our campsite. The campsite itself was long and skinny so we practically sat back-to-back with our neighbor campers when we were sitting at our picnic table but Michael's always good at making conversation so we made friends quickly. :o)

The weather was beautiful when we arrived on Friday--blue sky and sunshine! We enjoyed the beach and then headed into the "town" of Westport to see what the "city-life" looked like--definitely not much to it! We did walk along the pier and gathered ideas for our next day's adventure......

We went CRABBING! Totally random but very fun! We bought a crab pot, bait and gear at a local fishing shop and settled on the pier for crabbing, a picnic and pinochle (our latest obsession). We were there for 6 HOURS and had SUCCESS! (If you can call 1 crab success....) :o) We had a great time despite getting only one crab of legal size. Another guy on the pier only caught 1 as well and so gave it to us so our crab could have a crab friend to join him in the pot for dinner. (We made fettuccine alfredo with crab). Look how orange they turned when dropped--live--into the boiling water!

Sunday we knew wasn't supposed to be great weather. I woke up expecting to hear rain pelting the tent....but it was quiet. I got up, thinking we could pack up really quick before the rain started but before I could get dressed, I heard the sounds of drops outside. Too late! We sure packed up quickly though and then "enjoyed" breakfast at Denny's. Now we have a muddy tent that is set up to dry in my inlaw's garage....